{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.55/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.55","id":"suttacentral_an7.55","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.55/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you seven places people are reborn, and complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d the mendicants replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cAnd what are the seven places people are reborn? Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.\u2019 They gain equanimity. They\u2019re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond. But they haven\u2019t completely realized that state. They haven\u2019t totally given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance. With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished between one life and the next. Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off would be extinguished. In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this \u2026 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished between one life and the next. Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.\u2019 They gain equanimity. They\u2019re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond. But they haven\u2019t totally realized that state. They haven\u2019t completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance. With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished between one life and the next. Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished. In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this \u2026 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished between one life and the next. Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished between one life and the next. Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished before landing. In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this \u2026 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished between one life and the next. Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished upon landing. Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished upon landing. In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this \u2026 \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished upon landing. Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished without extra effort. Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a little heap of grass or twigs. There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. But the fire would consume the grass or twigs and become extinguished due to not being fed. In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this \u2026 \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished without extra effort. Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished with extra effort. Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a large heap of grass or twigs. There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. But the fire would consume the grass or twigs and become extinguished due to not being fed. In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this \u2026 \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re extinguished with extra effort. Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.\u2019 They gain equanimity. They\u2019re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond. But they haven\u2019t totally realized that state. They haven\u2019t completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance. With the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akani\u1e6d\u1e6dha realm. Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a big heap of grass or twigs. There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. And after consuming the grass and twigs, the fire would burn up plants and trees until it reached a green field, a roadside, a cliff\u2019s edge, a body of water, or cleared parkland, where it would be extinguished due to not being fed. In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this \u2026 \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. \u2026\u2019 With the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akani\u1e6d\u1e6dha realm. These are the seven places people are reborn. And what is complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping? Take a mendicant who practices like this: \u2018It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.\u2019 They gain equanimity. They\u2019re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond. And they have totally realized that state. They\u2019ve completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance. They\u2019ve realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. This is called complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping. These are the seven places people are reborn, and complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.\u201d","title":"Places People Are Reborn","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1154}